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Peg Dawson, Ed.D., NCSP, received her doctorate in school/child clinical psychology from the University of Virginia. She worked as a school psychologist in Maine and New Hampshire, and recently retired after 30 years at the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where she specialized in the assessment of children and adults with learning and attention disorders. Along with her colleague, Dr. Richard Guare, she has authored many books on the topic of executive skills, including books for both parents and professionals. They have also written books on executive skills coaching and have trained hundreds of coaches in the United States and abroad. Dr. Dawson is a past president of both the National Association of School Psychologists and the International School Psychology Association. She is also the 2006 recipient of NASP’s Lifetime Achievement Award and a 2010 recipient of the International School Psychology Association Distinguished Services Award. 

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Moonlake Lee is a leading neurodiversity advocate in Asia. She is also the founder of Unlocking ADHD, a Singapore charity which empowers ADHDers and their families to live life to the fullest. Drawing on her lived experience and community leadership, she has shaped national conversations on neuroinclusion through public education and workplace partnerships. Moonlake is part of the Working Group on the ADHD Clinical Practice Guidelines in Singapore. She is also the Lead Editor of "Differently Wired Minds,"  a special edition book featuring the journeys of over 60 Singapore ADHDers which reduces stigma and promotes compassionate, practical support for the ADHD community. 

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Cara Stanley is a passionate educator, devoted to breaking down individual and systemic barriers to academic achievement. Cara was a lecturer in the African American Studies department at the University of California at Berkeley, where she taught courses on Black student identity, Black feminist thought and Audre Lorde. She also directed the university's Student Learning Center and directed the University's Summer Bridge Program.  Cara is the Co-founder of the Veve Clark Institute for Engaged Scholars of African American Studies and founder of the University's SPEAR Middle School Scholar Academy. At the core of each of her endeavors is an unwavering commitment to access and equity.

For thirty-three years, she's worked with students from K-22, charting, engaging and navigating their academic journey. She empowers students by encouraging them to embrace their authentic self, own their intellectual gifts and demand excellence of self. Cara Stanley received her bachelor's degree from the University of California at Berkeley in Ethnic Studies and her Master's from San Francisco State in Interdisciplinary Social Science. A stalwart advocate for public education and academic excellence, she believes in the transformative power of education.

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Tony Lloyd is a nationally respected neurodiversity leader, researcher, and advisor, with a career spanning education, public policy, and social justice. Formerly the long-standing Chief Executive of the ADHD Foundation, he played a pivotal role in shaping national understanding of ADHD and neurodiversity through advocacy, policy influence, and cross-sector collaboration. Now a Visiting Professor at Liverpool John Moores University, Tony continues to contribute to national conversations on inclusion, inequality, and systemic change, drawing on both lived experience and decades of leadership to promote dignity, equity, and belonging.

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Having trained at the Tavistock and Portman Clinic, Dr Jason Apaloo-Shonibare is now a qualified Child, Community and Educational Psychologist with nearly 20 years of experience across children and youth work, education, and mental health services. In addition to providing professional psychological services, he is also a business Founder and Director, a Clinical Supervisor working with CICs, an Advisory Board Member, and a Guest Lecturer.

His research and current areas of practice focus on how intersectional and community-based approaches can effectively address social justice and advocacy issues for marginalised groups. In line with this, his involvement in the inception of the independent Trainee Educational Psychologists’ Initiative for Cultural Change (TEPICC) and The Black in Psychology and Psychiatry (BiPP) Network has shaped his work and strengthened his commitment to culturally responsive practice, promoting anti-oppressive and anti-racist systemic change.

His intersecting roles as a professional, a father, and a person of Afro-Caribbean heritage inform his relational approach when working with families who are navigating complex systems and relationships. Through his work, he values opportunities to connect, collaborate, and engage in thoughtful and constructive challenge where appropriate.on goes here